Dynamics CRM Export Solution (not on-premises) - powershell

Question

I want to export a Dynamics CRM 365 solution. Tools like the ALM Toolkit e.g. didn't worked.
My Questions:
1) Is it possible to export the entire CRM365 solution by powershell at all?
2) If it is not possible by powershell - is it possible by c#?
I can connect to the crm withouth problems by powershell. But If I try to call
When I call this:
$domain = "https://mypath.com"
$username = "user"
$password = "password"
$secPassword = New-Object -TypeName System.Security.SecureString
$password.ToCharArray() | ForEach-Object {$secPassword.AppendChar($_)}
$credentials = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist $username, $secPassword
$conn = Get-CrmConnection -Url "https://mypath.com" -Credential $credentials
$exportPath = "C:\Users\xy\Data"
Import-Module "C:\Users\xy\Scripts\Adxstudio.Xrm.PowerShell\Adxstudio.Xrm.PowerShell.dll"
Export-CrmContent -Connection $conn -OutputPath $exportPath -Uncompressed -Generalized
I get the following error:
Export-CrmContent : Metadata Contains A Reference That Cannot Be Resolved: "https://mypath/XRMServices/2011/Organization.svc?wsdl=wsdl0".
In C:\Users\my.ps1:14 Char:1
+ Export-CrmContent -Connection $conn -OutputPath $exportPath -Uncompre ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Export-CrmContent], InvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.InvalidOperationException,Adxstudio.Xrm.PowerShell.Cmdlets.ExportCrmContent
But if I set up the $conn by using this:
$conn= Get-CrmConnection -OrganizationName MyOrg -DeploymentRegion MyRegion -OnLineType Office365 -Credential $credentials
I can get the organizations without problems. But when I try to call the export method with this connection I get:
The Parameter "$conn" cannot be bound. The value "Microsoft.Xrm.Tooling.Connector.CrmServiceClient" of the type "Microsoft.Xrm.Tooling.Connector.CrmServiceClient" can't be converted to "Adxstudio.Xrm.PowerShell.Cmdlets.PsCrmConnection".
Are there any ideas to solve one of the both problems to export the crm solution?

Answer 1

Not tried the Powershell approach, but I've achieved this using C# in the past.
static void ExportUnManagedSolutions(IOrganizationService service, String directory)
{
//Find all the solutions
QueryExpression query = new QueryExpression
{
EntityName = "solution",
ColumnSet = new ColumnSet("friendlyname", "uniquename", "version"),
Criteria = new FilterExpression()
{
Conditions =
{
//Unmanaged solutions only
new ConditionExpression("ismanaged", ConditionOperator.Equal, false),
//These are special CRM solutions, which are marked as unmanaged but cant actually be exported
new ConditionExpression("friendlyname", ConditionOperator.NotEqual, "Active Solution"),
new ConditionExpression("friendlyname", ConditionOperator.NotEqual, "Default Solution"),
new ConditionExpression("friendlyname", ConditionOperator.NotEqual, "Basic Solution"),
}
}
};
EntityCollection solutions = service.RetrieveMultiple(query);
//For each solution found
foreach (Entity s in solutions.Entities)
{
Console.WriteLine("Exporting " + s["friendlyname"]);
//Perform a solution export
ExportSolutionRequest request = new ExportSolutionRequest();
request.Managed = false;
request.SolutionName = (String)s["uniquename"];
ExportSolutionResponse response = (ExportSolutionResponse)service.Execute(request);
byte[] exportXml = response.ExportSolutionFile;
string filename = (String)s["uniquename"] + " " + (String)s["version"] + ".zip";
//This assumes the file directory already exists
File.WriteAllBytes(directory + filename, exportXml);
Console.WriteLine("Solution exported to {0}.", directory + filename);
}
}